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John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester. de Cestre (Chester) John King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E376

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This record is about the John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester. de Cestre (Chester) John King... dating from [c. 1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/319/E376
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester.
Name(s)
de Cestre (Chester), John
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Scotland
Flanders
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Tower of London, [London]
Westminster.
Nature of request
Cestre requests that he be granted the office of clerk of the Exchange of the Tower of London and of the palace of Westminster, or clerk of the maltolt of London and of the palace for the term of his life, the king having promised him a pension at this parliament. Cestre has served the king's father in the wars of Scotland and Flanders and in the siege of the town of Berwick, and now in the siege of the castle of the town and has been captured twice and ransomed and has lost his horses and sold his lands in the king's service and has nothing to live on.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege et consilio.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/324/E602

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529428/

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